America, Politics in America “The Middle East has gone from an addiction to a distraction” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 November 2018 And too often we forget that the people in these countries are not just...
Politics in America “Trump’s assault on the premises of democracy is not only unique in modern American history but unique in the annals of modern liberal democracy” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 October 2018 Trump’s assault on the premises of democracy is not only unique in modern American...
Politics in America “‘Classified’ still conjures images of top-secret government plots, but, in Trump’s Washington, it’s more often used to describe information that the president would prefer to keep quiet” Author Drew Kaplan Date 16 April 2018 Trump has been merciless toward anyone else in government who reveals his administration’s secrets,...
Politics in America “Mr. Bush left many voters on the right angry, resentful and suspicious — of war, of policy, of ideology, of the very idea of political solutions and leadership” Author Drew Kaplan Date 26 March 2018 There is always some space between a party’s voters and its leaders, some difference...
Politics in America “For evangelicals, voting in the macro is the moral thing to do, even if the candidate is morally flawed” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 March 2018 Does Mr. Trump have moral failings? Yes. Critics will suggest a hypocrisy coming from...
Politics in America “Republican voters…were attracted to shallow political entertainers and obviously unqualified candidates long before Mr. Trump threw his hat in the ring” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 March 2018 For years before Mr. Trump was elected, Republicans lacked a consensus plan to replace...
Politics in America, Television “The sessions are extraordinary for the rare glimpses they provide of unscripted conversations at the White House on critical issues” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 March 2018 The chief executive sits at a long wooden table, putting his invited guests on...
Politics in America “This fall, the Trump administration found its new favorite non-denial denial” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 March 2018 This fall, the Trump administration found its new favorite non-denial denial. When a reporter...
Politics in America, Semantics “When underlying conditions are already suffused with politics, doing nothing can itself constitute a political act” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 March 2018 Change, of course, is inherently destabilizing. It upsets an existing state of affairs that...
Politics in America, Semantics “Politicization is the last refuge of the scoundrel” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 March 2018 Politicization is the last refuge of the scoundrel. To “politicize” something — hurricanes, intelligence,...